It’s saddening to read support of segregation of one’s neighbors (“Don’t like living in New York? Move,” April 29). But this is a consequence of the emotional partisan policies that have divided our nation, our State, and our community.

The fact is the policies of New York state have caused 1.2 million of our friends and family to leave the state already. That hasn’t helped those remaining. It’s caused decades-old businesses to close, property taxes to increase, unemployment to grow beyond state and national levels, and pushed more of our loved ones to drug addictions in their despair.

Simply put, the liberal policies championed by Governor Cuomo, Senators Gillibrand and Schumer, Rep. Pelosi (who has inserted herself in our local politics), and Assembly members like Anthony Brindisi, have cost New York 18 congressional seats (and at least one more in 2020), and billions in lost jobs and tax revenue. More division won’t make this better, as proven by 65 years of decline.

Time to end the insanity and try a new path. Let’s shift from the race to the Far Left fringe and improve the quality of life for all.